Choosing a national survey to investigate smoking behaviour: Making comparisons between the General Household Survey, the British Household Panel Survey and the Health Survey for England

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-21

  Twigg, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical context; Health related behaviour; National surveys; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033041092     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.14     Document Type: Article

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